Voices: Right wingers trying to block UAE takeover of Telegraph should be dismissed with contempt
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Respected former Times leader writer Simon Nixon offers a provocative personal view on the controversy surrounding the proposed sale of the Daily Telegraph newspaper and Spectator magazine. New owners would lead to an improvement in Telegraph standards not the reverse, he argues. Leaders of the anti UAE campaign are same figures plotting to bring down Rishi Sunak, says Nixon. He denounces comments made by anti UAE bid cheerleader, Spectator publisher and broadcaster Andrew Neil.